Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Apple Breach Typifies “The Future Of Online Extortion”

April 28, 2021

After obtaining technical information about unreleased Apple products by breaching Apple supplier Quanta, Ransomware gang REvil wants $50 million from […]

Five Billion Personal Records Hacked In Q1 2021

April 28, 2021

Numbers based on Hackmageddon data, where the most significant cybersecurity breaches are recorded continuously, show more than 5 billion data […]

For GCs, A Troubling Ruling From Mass. Supreme Court

April 22, 2021

Following revelations that data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained and utilized Facebook users’ data for political-advertising purposes, Facebook commissioned a […]

From Swiss Cyber-Sleuths, New Light On SolarWinds Hack

March 29, 2021

A report from a Swiss cybersecurity firm reveals new information about what may have been the most extensive hack to […]

AI Is Boosting Malware: Get Ready For “Deepfakes”

March 15, 2021

Breaches, phishing, ransomware and other cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect, as perpetrators adopt artificial intelligence tools. […]

Report: Companies Failing To Report Cyber Risk To Shareholders

March 9, 2021

Many companies are not adequately reporting cybersecurity risk in their SEC filings, according to a recent report. Instead they are […]

Careless “Offboarding” Leaves Gaping Cybersecurity Hole

March 4, 2021

Insiders are the most common source of organizational breaches. That fact is well understood at this point, but a crucial […]

Bot Attacks Common, Few Companies Protected

March 2, 2021

The onset of the pandemic spurred “two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months,” according to Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, […]

Brazil’s New Data Protection Law

February 28, 2021

Brazil makes up more than 40 percent of Latin America’s economy and accounts for over half of its IT spending. […]

Privilege Invoked: Shareholders Won’t See Facebook Board Communications

February 26, 2021

A Facebook institutional shareholder (a state public employee retirement fund) did not like a $5 billion settlement the company negotiated […]

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